Posted on 03/20/2008 4:15:52 PM PDT by dep
Magnitude | 7.2 |
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Location | 35.424°N, 81.386°E |
Depth | 37.2 km (23.1 miles) |
Region | XINJIANG-XIZANG BORDER REGION |
Distances | 230 km (140 miles) SE of Hotan, Xinjiang, China 375 km (235 miles) ENE of Leh, Kashmir 615 km (385 miles) ENE of Srinagar, Kashmir 3105 km (1930 miles) W of BEIJING, Beijing, China |
Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 6.6 km (4.1 miles); depth +/- 10.2 km (6.3 miles) |
Parameters | NST=134, Nph=134, Dmin=962.1 km, Rmss=0.89 sec, Gp= 54°, M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7 |
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Event ID | us2008pvcl |
I think I read that in 1976 there was an EQ in China that was an 8.2. Killed over 200,000 folks. Probably near Bejing.
It’s been upgraded to a 7.3.
Are we sure that’s not the rumble of tanks and artillery on the way to Tibet?
i don't know
Looking at it, I think you must be correct. Perhaps a dam gave way sometime in the past?
could be notice about a 1/2 mile away across the river there is some old ancient ruins.
It would be a facinating place to poke around in from some of the Panoramio pictures.
Maybe, but I was Googling around last night and read an 8.3 magnitude. Maybe it was downgraded later on. Who knows? I Google at night when it’s quiet. . .
Another underground nuclear test (H-Bomb) by the Red Chinese.
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